Damascus vs Sydney - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: March 11, 2026

	Damascus	Sydney
🚶 Cost of living one person	$675	$2844
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1514	$6700
🏠 One person rent	$310	$1749
🏘️ Family rent	$498	$3002
🍽️ Food expenses	$255	$597
🚐 Transport expenses	$62.5	$337
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$48.3	$4145
😷 Air quality	Moderate	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	24 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	29	99
😀 Quality of life	40	98
🏙️ Population	2.69M	5.45M

The cost of living in Damascus is 76% less expensive than in Sydney. Cities ranked 7406th and 348th ($675 vs $2844) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 1st in Syria and Australia, respectively. Check Syria vs Australia comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.1 months in Damascus compared to 1.5 months in Sydney. Damascus ranked 1st best city to live in Syria vs Sydney ranked 2nd in Australia, while ranked 7899th and 2nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Damascus vs Sydney

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	Damascus	Sydney
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.24	$15.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$30.1	$79.7
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$5.96	$11.2
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.75	$7.36
☕ Cappuccino	$2.26	$3.85
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$1.57	$2.82
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$251	$2123
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$145	$1437
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$459	$3835
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$268	$2492
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$89	$123
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$137	$190
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$54.5	$51.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	14.16%	6.09%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1767	$13218
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$627	$7866
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.1	$3.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$14.3	$118
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$8	$20.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.37	$1.37
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.86	$1.84
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.49	$2.46
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.61	$2.13
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.75	$5.78
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.05	$13.9
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.08	$9.78
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$13.2	$15.8
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.99	$3.56
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.53	$3.1
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.1	$3.24
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.88	$4.66
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.77	$2.86
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$2.53
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.46	$0.82
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.93	$2.8
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$6.88	$15.8
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$0.97	$4.69
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.69	$24.9
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.14	$9.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$0.99	$4.93
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$0.56	$3.1
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$0.68	$3.03
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$18.5	$63.4
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.42	$16.6
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$4.39	$70.3
💇 Haircut, simple	$3.18	$21.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$40.8	$80.9
👟 Brand Sneakers	$62.9	$111
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$56.8	$2281
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1770	$21946

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Cities near Damascus

Distance	City	Cost of living
51 km or 32 mi	Zahle	$1005
75 km or 47 mi	Kiryat Shmona	$1925
81 km or 50 mi	Jounieh	$1106
83 km or 52 mi	Sidon	$865
83 km or 52 mi	Beirut	$1353
96 km or 59 mi	Safed	$1973
105 km or 65 mi	Tyre	$676
108 km or 67 mi	Tiberias	$1870
110 km or 68 mi	Ma'alot-Tarshiha	$1929
111 km or 69 mi	Tripoli	$842
114 km or 71 mi	Irbid	$753
115 km or 72 mi	Arraba	$1917
116 km or 72 mi	Karmiel	$1770
117 km or 73 mi	Sakhnin	$1873
125 km or 78 mi	Tamra	$1934
125 km or 78 mi	Nahariya	$1894
126 km or 78 mi	Nof HaGalil	$2000
129 km or 80 mi	Nazareth	$1981
130 km or 81 mi	Acre	$1766
131 km or 81 mi	Shefa-'Amr	$1960
135 km or 84 mi	Migdal HaEmek	$2027
136 km or 84 mi	Kiryat Motzkin	$1936
136 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Ata	$1911
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Yam	$1949
137 km or 85 mi	Kiryat Bialik	$1940
137 km or 85 mi	Afula	$1909
141 km or 88 mi	Homs	$385
142 km or 88 mi	Nesher	$1856
143 km or 89 mi	Jerash	$740
145 km or 90 mi	Haifa	$1930
145 km or 90 mi	Yokneam Illit	$2071
154 km or 95 mi	Umm al-Fahm	$2061
163 km or 101 mi	Zikhron Ya'akov	$2103
168 km or 105 mi	Baqa-Jatt	$2098
169 km or 105 mi	Pardes Hanna-Karkur	$2101
173 km or 107 mi	Al-Salt	$546
173 km or 108 mi	Nablus	$978
174 km or 108 mi	Hadera	$1887
177 km or 110 mi	Amman	$1013
184 km or 114 mi	Tayibe	$2207

Cities near Sydney

Distance	City	Cost of living
15 km or 9.2 mi	Dee Why	$2379
19 km or 12 mi	Parramatta	$2482
29 km or 18 mi	Kellyville	$2050
29 km or 18 mi	Blacktown	$1710
69 km or 43 mi	Wollongong	$1695
117 km or 73 mi	Newcastle	$1997
158 km or 98 mi	Bathurst	$1699
168 km or 104 mi	Goulburn	$1821
205 km or 127 mi	Orange	$1477
247 km or 154 mi	Canberra	$2223
301 km or 187 mi	Dubbo	$1867
314 km or 195 mi	Port Macquarie	$1796
377 km or 234 mi	Armidale	$1288
378 km or 235 mi	Wagga Wagga	$1583
436 km or 271 mi	Coffs Harbour	$2172
478 km or 297 mi	Griffith	$1824
597 km or 371 mi	Shepparton	$1815
624 km or 388 mi	Byron Bay	$2703
638 km or 396 mi	Traralgon	$1979
683 km or 425 mi	Gold Coast	$2528
689 km or 428 mi	Southport	$2352
695 km or 432 mi	Pakenham	$1896
701 km or 436 mi	Berwick	$1860
706 km or 439 mi	Bendigo	$1487
706 km or 439 mi	Toowoomba	$1766
707 km or 439 mi	Dandenong	$1894
711 km or 442 mi	Ipswich	$1813
711 km or 442 mi	Cranbourne	$1798
713 km or 443 mi	South Yarra	$1829
713 km or 443 mi	Melbourne	$2496
716 km or 445 mi	Sunbury	$1928
724 km or 450 mi	Frankston	$1889
732 km or 455 mi	Melton	$1906
733 km or 455 mi	Brisbane	$2269
735 km or 457 mi	Tarneit	$1822
736 km or 457 mi	Hoppers Crossing	$1854
775 km or 481 mi	Caboolture	$1988
778 km or 484 mi	Geelong	$2217
779 km or 484 mi	Ballarat	$1604
807 km or 502 mi	Caloundra	$1864